Re: symptom relapses
From: Peggy (pklippe1@nycap.rr.com)
Sat May 15 07:43:50 1999
At Sat, 15 May 1999, Sue Pickernell wrote:
>
>Hi out there,
>Its great to be reading all your messages. I now know that the symptoms
>of pulling and burning etc are real !! Doctors don't seem to have
>adhesions in their textbooks as being able to cause anything other than
>obstruction. So how do you try and explain the discomfort of doing
>things like going over bumps in the road when you are sitting in a car
>etc. I got sent to psychiatrists etc also, well thats like squeezing
>the toothpaste tube with the lid still on isn't it.
>And then there will be a few days or even weeks when you feel like you
>can wear something with a waist band again and be able to sit down and
>jump up again without bracing yourself and you think Yes its over I'm
>better ...and then it comes back. So then you even think about
>approaching the medical proffession maybe one more time....Are there any
>surgeons out there who have ever had surgery followed by
>adhesion problems??
>I read Dr Wisemans article through tears.
>Is it OK if I print all your Emails and send them to my Doctors so
>they'll believe me?
>Thank you all so much, Sue
>
>--
>Sue
>Sue,
It is unfortunate that you have not found a Dr. that realizes that
andhesions can cause a problem.After having a hysterectomy April of 98
,I started having a alot of pain on my left side,My gyn said that I
could have adhesions but asked me to wait to see how the pain
progressed.I kept telling him that the pain was getting worse and he
started sendin me to all different kinds of Drs. Most of them agreed
that it sounded like adhesions,My gyn did not waqnt to do a
laporoscopy.he asked another Dr. to do it But after months of being on
a physicians merry go round I decided to switch Drs. and had a
LAporoscopy done within 3 weeks.The Dr. found that I had a massive
amount of adhesions throughout the lower abdomin with the bowel being
adhered to both the left and right side of the abdominal wall.I know it
is hard,but don't give up hope on finding someone that can help you .You
just have to keep pursueing it someone will listen eventually.